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May 13
Rescue by Marie Etchell has won of the Chocolate Lily Book Award in the Novel Category (Grades 4 – 7). The award is a children's choice award voted by young readers in BC.
May 6
The winners of the Saskatchewan Book Awards were announced this weekend. The winner in Children’s Literature category was
Fox and Bear, By Miriam Körner
May 2
The Saskatchewan Arts Board (SK Arts) have announced the Artists or organizations celebrated for their contribution to the arts in Saskatchewan in 2024.
Among the artists recognized is Leah Dorion, illustrator of our recent picture book, Waci! Dance!
April 21
Book Launch for The Go-Between with author Jennifer Maruno
When: Sunday, April 21 at 2:00 pm
Where: A Different Drummer Books, 513 Locust St., Burlington, Ontario
What: Jennifer will do a reading from her new book
Light refreshment will be provided
RSVP to tdettman@icloud.com
April 1
Finalists announced today for Diamond Willow Awards (Saskatchewan Young People’s Choice awards).
Congratulations to the following authors for being nominated for the 2024 Diamond Willow Award!
Marie Etchell, author of Rescue
and
Marco Fraticelli, author of Dear Elsa
March 10
The Saskatchewan Book Award shortlists have been announced.
Finalists for the Children’s Book Award include:
By Miriam Körner
and
By Emma Chen,
Illustrated by Sean Huang
Finalists for the First Book Award include:
Finalists for the Indigenous People’s Writing Award include:
By Sage Speidel,
Illustrated by Leah Dorion
December 21
On October 17 the 2023 Canadian Jewish Literary Awards winners were announced. Winning in the Adult Fiction category was
by Lori Weber.
From the award jury:
The Ribbon Leaf by Lori Weber was submitted in the Youth category, but its poignancy transcends generations. This enthralling historical novel takes the reader into the events of the Holocaust through the experiences of two girls who are best friends growing up in Nazi Germany. Edie's family is Jewish. Sabine's father and brother rise in the Nazi hierarchy. Kristallnacht changes everything as Edie flees to Canada and Sabine makes a decision that goes against her family's beliefs and risks her life and freedom. Lori Weber puts her readers into the thick of World War II from two very different perspectives.
Click here to see the presentation of the award with the presenter talking about the book and Lori Weber accepting the award.
December 14
CALLING ALL WRITERS OF SHORT FICTION for YA AUDIENCES
Red Deer Press will be compiling a young adult short story anthology titled I’M HERE for publication in the fall of 2025. Submissions are invited from writers from across Canada and we encourage submissions from both established and emerging authors
Story Criteria:
- under 4000 words
- any genre (realistic fiction, speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.) but created for contemporary teen readers
- connected in some way to the theme of “identity”
- authored by a writer living in Canada
Submission Process:
- submit the entire story along with a query letter that includes a brief summary of how the story connects to this theme plus an author bio of 100 words or less
- send your submission by regular mail, with a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) with sufficient Canadian postage for reply (plus author email, if possible) to the following address:
ATTN: Beverley Brenna, YA Anthology Editor
Red Deer Press
209 Wicksteed Avenue
Unit 51
Toronto, ON M4G 0B1
Payment:
- All authors of stories selected for the anthology will receive a one-time fee of $250.
Deadline for submission April 30, 2024.
August 26
May 29
A. T. Woodley, the author of our new book, The Boy Who Woke the Sun, has produced an 8-minute video of the first chapter of the book. Click here to watch the video.
May 15
Last night we had a book launch over Zoom for 4 new Red Deer books.
Click here to watch the launch and use the password: r1^kyrJk
The 4 books are:
Bliss Adair and the Rescue Dear Elsa Green Papayas First Rule of Knitting
April 4
The finalists for the 2023 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards have been announced.
A finalist in the Interior Design: Children's/Young Adult Category is Fox and Bear by Miriam Körner.
Click here to see a slideshow Miriam working on the dioramas for the book.
November 29
Virtual book launch for three of our newest publications:
Fox and Bear Smash A Home for Us
If you want to learn more about the creative process for the making of these books click here to listen to the book launch, and use pass code *3*im+3#
November 22
We had a virtual book launch for two of our newest publications:
Anna Maria & Maestro Vivaldi and Knight of the Rails
If you want to learn more about the creative process for the making of these books click here to listen to the book launch, and use pass code .v7F7$z1
October 14
The 2023 Forest of Reading nominees were announced.
The Forest of Reading is Canada's largest recreational reading program, featuring ten award programs and run by the Ontario Library Association (OLA). Programs are primarily geared towards French and English readers in kindergarten to grade twelve, but do also include programs targeting adult readers and ESL learners. The Forest awards are selected by readers themselves, who choose the winning titles for each award by voting for their favourite books.
Nominated for the Red Maple Award is The Ribbon Leaf by Lori Weber
The Red Maple Award focuses on fiction books for grades 7-8.
September 11
The winners of the 2022 Canadian Children’s Book Centre awards were announced. Congratulations to Harriet Zaidman for winning the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People for her novel Second Chances.
The Geoffrey Bilson Award is awarded annually to reward excellence in the writing of an outstanding work of historical fiction for young readers, by a Canadian author, published in the previous calendar year.
The Geoffrey Bilson Award is awarded annually to reward excellence in the writing of an outstanding work of historical fiction for young readers, by a Canadian author, published in the previous calendar year.
Below are a couple of pictures of Harriet giving her acceptance speech:
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June 23
The Saskatchewan Book Award winners were announced today. The winning book in the Children's Literature category was:
By Beverley Brenna and illustrated by Brooke Kerrigan
June 16
The Canadian Children's Book Centre announced their Best Books For Kids And Teens for 2022 list. Included on the list are:
Written by Jean Mills
Written by Harriet Zaidman
Written by Tanya Christenson
Written by Lorna Schultz Nicholson
June 13
When You Least Expect is the winner of the 2022 R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature
The Writers Guild of Alberta presents the R. Ross Annett Award annually for excellence in writing by Alberta writers for children.
April 15
Fitzhenry & Whiteside and Red Deer Press are in the process of moving our offices to 209 Wicksteed Avenue, East York.
The actual move will be happening on April 30, 2022.
April 14
When You Least Expect It is a finalist for the 2022 R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature
The Writers Guild of Alberta presents the R. Ross Annett Award annually for excellence in writing by Alberta writers for children.
April 14
A Soft Place to Fall is a finalist for the 2022 Sheila A Egoff Children's Literature Prize
The Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize is awarded annually as the BC Book Prize for the best juvenile or young adult novel or work of non-fiction by a resident of British Columbia or the Yukon, Canada.
